Would you be brave enough to go over and do what you could for the poor soul or would you just walk on by and hope someone else attended to the injured person
2007-03-13 01:08:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I would help in any way I can. If a first-aider came along though, I would allow them to take charge. The same goes if a couple of people were already attending, as there can be too many people.
You also have to be prepared to give a witness account to the police, even if you have gone on your way.
2007-03-13 01:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Thia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has happened to me a couple of times, possibly something to do with living in an inner city area.
The first time I was so shocked at what I had just seen that I turned and ran away - straight into a lamp post! Not only did the injured man require help, but I did too as I was knocked out. I was only 15 at the time so perhaps I can be forgiven.
The next time, well it wasn't a road traffic accident but a woman who came crashing down on to the ground right in front of me from a third floor window (she had been cleaning her windows and leaned out too far). She was groaning and lying at an odd angle and again I was very scared but I had the presence of mind to call immediately for an ambulance and I held her hand and covered her with my coat till the ambulance arrived. No one else appeared in all that time and it felt very lonely to sit there watching a woman dying in front of me.
You can never truly say what you would do in a situation like that as fear and shock can take over, but perhaps the strongest of our human feelings is compassion and concern for our fellow man.
2007-03-13 08:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would go and help (and have on numerous occasions in the past). I's quite stressful to go, especially if it is messy, but you would always be wondering if you could have done something.
Even if you don't have any first aid training you can still help by - calling an ambulance, making sure traffic stops, putting a coat over them, making sure they don't choke, stopping people from moving them (they might have a broken neck and it could kill/paralyse them if they are moved). I think most important is to hold their hand, tell them who you are and that an ambulance is coming and promise to stay with them. When something similar happened to me, and from what other people told me too, having someone there speaking reassuringly is very comforting, even if it looks like the person can't hear you.
Why don't you do a first aid course so that you'll know what to do?
2007-03-13 08:22:49 · answer #3 · answered by KateScot 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was once walking to my friends ready to go out.. Didn't see the car hit him but it must have been just the second before i turned the corner. Nobody in the street, just a little boy laying near the kerb and his bike. A very surreal sight. A man got out of the car, crying that he didn't see him. So i ran to the boy, he wasn't moving and was unconscious then his family came running out. They were all Asians and wailing. His mom wanted to pick him up but i told her not to move him. Told the man who hit him to phone ambulance. When it got there i went. Thought i was really brave and strong, i held it together really well. When i got to my friends i just started sobbing and i couldn't stop. Happy ending though i went to the house a few days later, the little boy was ok.
2007-03-13 08:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by lisa_t197 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I witnessed one in person two years ago. I stayed with the victim, looked at the license plate and waited with the injured for the police to come. All the pedestrians watched and helped to identify the car. I think it's human nature to help.
By the way, the victim is okay.
2007-03-13 08:20:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I took first aid training so I always pitch in when I see someone in distress. I've helped out at least half a dozen times but I don't think that it's a very big deal one way or the other. It is human nature to help out those in immediate need, in my opinion it's just one of those things that separates us from the animals.
2007-03-13 08:48:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go and help - I saw a teenager get run over by a car before and pulled over to make sure he was ok. I couldn't live with myself if I just ignored it - however if there were people in attendance and they were dealing with it then yes I would carry on
2007-03-13 08:11:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My brother got hit by a car when we were crossing the road together when we were teenagers. I'll tell ya it's hard to even get your head on yer shoulders after seeing somethin like that happen let alone react, those who can have my undying respect.
Brother was ok BTW - bad knock in his knee and some cuts and bruises.
2007-03-13 08:15:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would, I don't think it's about being brave - it's simple enough to see if they are concious, if they have visible wounds and for me to ring for an ambulance.
I would hope that if I ever got knocked down somebody would stop and help me.
2007-03-13 08:13:42 · answer #9 · answered by luce 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just the good samaritain story
up to you
only you have your consience to live with
personally id help
i know this because after being witness to 2 near fatal car accidents, i did help on both occasions
Made me feel all warm and fuzzy afterwards and my conscience is clear.
2007-03-13 08:12:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋